European Patent Office

T 1316/07 of 05.05.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T131607.20090505
Date of decision
5 May 2009
Case number
T 1316/07
Online on
26 June 2009
Petition for review of
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Application number
02002901.3
IPC class
B42D 15/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same
Applicant name
FABRIANO SECURITIES S.R.L.
Opponent name
De La Rue International Limited
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admissibility of late filed request (yes)
Amendments (allowable)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1-11 (main request), filed during the oral proceedings of 5 May 2009

- description pages 2-5 (main request), filed during the oral proceedings of 5 May 2009

- drawings, Figures 1-3, as granted.